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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2006
Rebecca L. Delegge, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Andrye B. Mccollough, Greensboro, NC (US);
Rebecca L. DeLegge, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Andrye B. McCollough, Greensboro, NC (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A feeding tube and method for introducing a feeding tube within the gastrointestinal tract of a patient, whereby the feeding tube is introduced by using a variation of the Ponsky 'pull' method of feeding tube placement. The feeding tube comprises an elongate shaft having a distal end and proximal end. The feeding tube also comprises a coupling structure for coupling the feeding tube to a pull wire, the coupling structure be proximal of the distal end of the feeding tube shaft. The feeding tube further comprises a guiding structure for aligning the pull wire with the distal end of the shaft. The feeding tube is introduced within the patient by attaching the previously placed pull wire to the coupling and guiding structures of the feeding tube, and then pulling the pull wire so as to pull the feeding tube into and through the gastrointestinal tract of the patient.